MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 06:05
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 191 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 664 58% 494 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 193 Parallax 188 126% 179 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 35 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 487 Mixed 373 SusWrite 63.7 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 55.8 191% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 229 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 118%
Seagate SSD 500GB 1,930 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 318GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 251 464 450 464 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 420 SusWrite 418 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.6 168% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 222 191% 278 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 182 182 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 182 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 2.6 433% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 108%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 1.5TB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 725GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 81 80 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 71.5 Write 81 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 81 86% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.1% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	836x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16